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An incident occurred in the past week, apparently in Manchester, UK, when two cranes were up righting a telehandler that had overturned with most of its boom extended.
The method looked a little dodgy from the start but had almost been completed successfully when one set of lifting chains broke, dropping the machine back onto its side. We understand that no one was hurt in the incident.
The entire episode was captured on video, a copy of which we received on Monday. Over the next day or so we received further links to the video as it began to go viral. We therefore approached the rental company/owner of at least one of the cranes - Ainscough Crane Hire - which said that it was unable to comment. We assume therefore that the crane was supplied on basic crane hire terms, with the contractor organising the lift?
It now seems that the contractor has managed to shut down all information on the subject. We posted the footage in our video library yesterday, while waiting on more information. But given that nothing has been forthcoming we are running the story with the limited information.
